Root

[David McCormick]

Simon Skogh wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-09-13 at 17:54 -0400, David McCormick wrote:
>   
>> How do you log in as root? I never was asked to enter a root password
>> during the install.
>>
>> David
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>
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> Any command that needs to be run as root can be done with sudo. For
> example, if you need root-privileges to create a file, "touch filename"
> won't work, but "sudo touch filename" will. If you want to "log in"
> within the terminal as a root user, you can issue "sudo -i" and you will
> be considered root. For graphical applications, it's recomended to use
> gksudo.
>
> There are ways to activate root as its own account, but as far as I
> know, there really isn't a reason for it.
>
> If you still want more information, this site might help:
> http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Dapper#User_Administration
>
>
>   
If you can do anything that can be done as root by using sudo why do I 
keep getting permission denied when I run make and make install?

Dave